On 2013-02-02 19:41, Paul Freeman wrote:
> On 2013-02-02 19:20, Chris Dennis wrote:
>> On 30/01/13 12:26, Andy Smith wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:19:22PM +0000, Chris Dennis wrote:
>>>> Automatic account creation will not be re-enabled, because we get
>>>> dozens of spammers/bots logging in and causing havoc. Please
>>>> contact
>>>> me at webmaster@??? if you want an account on the wiki
>>>> and/or the new Wordpress website.
>>>
>>> Fair enough if this is the way it has to be, but I would note that
>>> this is extremely hostile to newcomers, who will likely never
>>> request an account form a human for a variety of reasons.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Andy
>>
>> You may well be right. Can anyone recommend a WordPress plug-in
>> that
>> allows bot-proof automatic creation of new users?
>>
>
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/si-captcha-for-wordpress/
>
> would probably suffice, you can choose which WordPress forms have
> captcha protection as well, there's probably other plugins as well
> but
> this seems to work ok!
>
> using "Akismet" + "Cookies for Comments" plugins are also a good
> options for comment spam.
>
actually since I'm here and as relatively newcomer to the list, /me
tips hat to all Hampshire LUG subscribers :)
Paul
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